The Head and Neck Lymphoedema Course provides the practitioner with the opportunity to develop their knowledge, skills and clinical reasoning in the management of head and neck lymphoedema.
Practitioners will bring to the course expertise and knowledge in various aspects of lymphoedema management. This course will utilise and expand upon this knowledge and skills to facilitate the learning experience and provide the practitioner with training to assess and head and neck lymphoedema.
This course is accredited by the Australasian Lymphology Association (ALA) in accordance with the ALA’s Competency Standards and upon successful completion, the participant will be eligible to apply for accreditation under the ALA Accredited Lymphoedema Practitioner Program. Details can be found at https://www.lymphoedema.org.au/accreditation-nlpr/
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This course is open to registered health professionals only (Physiotherapists, Division 1 Nurses, Medical Practitioners, Occupational Therapists and Speech Therapists).
The course is developed around four themes.
Theme 1
The role of the lymphoedema practitioner and its development.
Theme 2
Lymphoedema knowledge development for head and neck lymphoedema.
Theme 3
Lymphoedema skill development in the following areas;
- Assessment of head and neck lymphoedema;
- Treatment of head and neck uncomplicated lymphoedema.
Theme 4
Applied practice. The focus of this theme is in developing skills that are required for clinical practice. It integrates elements from the other 3 themes and has a focus on clinical reasoning.
The key characteristics of the head and neck course curriculum are:
Continuum of lymphoedema management education
This course provides opportunities for continuing your development as a lymphoedema practitioner in the area of head and neck lymphoedema. It also acknowledges that practitioners will bring to the course expertise and knowledge in various aspects of lymphoedema management.
Cased based learning
The course is underpinned by the exploration of lymphoedema management through case studies that will facilitate the integration of information and skills to specific lymphoedema conditions. This will facilitate an authentic learning experience.
Interdisciplinary care
The course fosters an appreciation of interdisciplinary teamwork and explores the roles and the development of lymphoedema practitioners across professions.
Integrated curriculum
The goal of the integrated curriculum of this course is to bring the learner beyond skill and concept acquisition to creativity and evidence-based decision making and implementation in practice.
Maree O’Connor
Maree O’Connor is a physiotherapist and has over 24 years experience in the area of lymphoedema management and also physiotherapy following breast cancer. She has been delivering lymphoedema courses, workshops, seminars and speaking at both national and international conferences since 1994 and has a graduate certificate in health professional education …read more
Jodie Rundell, Physiotherapist
Jodie Rundell has over 10 years experience working with lymphoedema clients, primarily in the area of oncology related lymphoedema …read more
The Level 2 Head and Neck Lymphoedema Management Course comprises of a self paced distance learning module, a virtual session and a face to face module.
Self-paced Distance Learning Module
The distance learning component is included via the Lymphoedema Educations Solutions (LES) online management system and via the e-learning module provided by Klose Training www.klosetraining.com. It includes readings, online presentations and activities to assist you in developing knowledge on various topics. Your prior learning will influence how much time you will need to spend on each section. The distance learning component is compulsory and will prepare you for the face to face study days. It must be completed prior to the face to face study days. It is estimated that the Klose online training can take up to 10 hours to complete. There are approximately another 15 hours of learning via the LES site. The online training modules include:
LES online head and neck module – approximately 5 hours of learning
Klose Training Head & Neck Lymphedema Management https://klosetraining.com/course/online/head-and-neck-lymphedema-management-online/ (valued at $415 AUD (inc GST) 6.75 hours
LES Laser Course 1 Introduction to Laser Safety Parameters and Dosages: How to get to where you want to be and Laser Course 2 Therapeutic laser for the management of lymphoedema https://lymphoedemaeducation.com.au/courses/therapeutic-laser-webinars/ (valued at $176 AUD inc GST) 10 hours
The Klose and Laser e- learning component will also include formative online quizzes which you must achieve 80% and you have three chances at achieving this.
The Les Online Learning Management System has numerous articles and resources. Some will be used as you progress through the modules. Others are for you to access if you would like to deepen your knowledge on various topics.
Virtual Session
This one hour session will explore assessment of head and neck lymphoedema that will then be built upon with management strategies in the face to face session.
Face-to-Face Module
This consists of 1.5 days. There will be a variety of short quizzes, pair and share and activities at the beginning of various sessions on the study days to formatively evaluate the practitioner’s learning from the distance learning component.
Dissemination of information and skills is via lectures, activities, practical workshops and group discussion. It is an excellent opportunity for therapists to share their knowledge, skills, ideas and have a forum to troubleshoot difficult aspects of lymphoedema management.
Participants are required to have 100% attendance throughout the face-to-face component.
The assessment is to assist the learner in integrating what has been taught. The assessment includes both formative and summative components. There will be a number of opportunities for formative assessment (feedback) both in the distance learning and face to face components. The following tasks make up the course assessment:
- Klose Training and LES Laser modules quizzes
- Measure and fit a compression garment for head and neck lymphoedema
- Practical examination of manual lymphatic drainage and bandaging for a specific head and neck case study
- Theory examination via key feature problems.
Access to the comprehensive LES online Learning Management System which provides an interactive and collaborative environment;
Klose Training online modules (www.klosetraining.com):
- Klose Training Head & Neck Lymphedema Management
LES Laser courses 1 and 2;
1.0 hours of virtual session;
1.5 days of face to face master classes including presentations and workshops from experts in head and neck lymphoedema management;
Course handouts for the face to face component;
Day 1: Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea;
Day 2: Morning tea and lunch.
The Head and Neck Lymphoedema Management Course includes key dates for online learning, virtual sessions and face-to-face master classes.
Download the 2027 Key Dates flyer and refer to the Head & Neck column to see which dates apply to your course and plan your participation.
Learning activities are developed around the learning objectives for each of the four themes. They are to assist the course participant in gaining the best possible learning experience. Some of the activities will make up part of the assessment of the course. This course provides you with an opportunity to complete learning activities in various ways.
This course requires a minimum number of 14 participants and has a maximum number of 20.
The following agreement is made between the participant registering for the course (as indicated on this registration form) and Lymphoedema Education Solutions (LES).
1. Registration and course confirmation
Places in LES Level 2 Advanced Lymphoedema courses are limited and minimum participant numbers apply. Some practical sessions require participants to work in pairs, and participant numbers may therefore affect whether a scheduled course can proceed.
No payment is required when submitting your initial registration for a Level 2 course.
Your registration provisionally reserves a place while LES determines whether sufficient participant numbers have been reached. LES will contact registered participants when the course has been confirmed to proceed.
Participants are encouraged to choose flexible or refundable travel and accommodation arrangements until LES has confirmed that the course will proceed.
2. Payment
Once the course has been confirmed, LES will provide payment instructions and advise the payment due date.
Your place will be secured once the required payment has been received. If payment is not received by the due date, LES may release the place and offer it to another participant.
Full payment must be received before access is provided to online learning, Klose Training modules or other participant-specific course materials.
3. If LES is unable to proceed with the course
If minimum participant numbers are not reached and LES decides that the course will not proceed before payment has been requested, registered participants will be advised and no payment will be required.
If LES cancels a course after payment has been received and does not provide an agreed suitable alternative, payments received for that course will be refunded.
If LES postpones or materially changes the course dates, participants will be advised and offered appropriate options, which may include a transfer or refund, depending on the circumstances and applicable law.
4. Participant cancellations and financial commitment
Participants who no longer intend to attend must notify LES as soon as possible in writing at info@lymphoedemaeducation.com.au.
4.1 Before course confirmation and payment
Where a registration has been accepted provisionally without payment, the participant may withdraw without a cancellation charge before LES confirms that the course will proceed.
4.2 Following course confirmation and payment
Once LES has confirmed that the course will proceed and the participant has paid, the enrolment represents a financial commitment to the course.
LES relies on confirmed, paid enrolments when committing to course delivery, including specialist presenters, venue arrangements, learning resources, equipment and practical training requirements.
Because Level 2 courses operate with limited participant numbers and minimum financial viability requirements, withdrawal of a confirmed participant may result in significant financial loss to LES, even where online learning has not yet commenced.
Where a participant subsequently cancels for change-of-mind or personal reasons, LES may retain an amount reflecting the reasonable costs and losses directly attributable to the cancellation.
These may include:
- Reasonable registration and cancellation administration costs.
- Payment-processing charges that are not refunded to LES.
- Third-party course fees, learning-platform access and educational materials already supplied, activated or committed.
- Venue, presenter, equipment and other course delivery costs that cannot reasonably be reduced or recovered.
- Financial loss associated with a confirmed, limited-capacity course place that LES is unable to refill despite reasonable efforts.
- Financial loss directly attributable to a withdrawal that reduces enrolments below the minimum financially viable participant number after LES has committed to delivering the course.
Where online learning, Klose Training modules or other participant-specific course access has been activated, the value and cost of that education or access may also form part of the reasonable cancellation costs.
4.3 Cancellations close to face-to-face training
Level 2 courses require participants to meet specified prerequisites, complete preparatory learning and arrange attendance at scheduled practical sessions.
Replacing a participant shortly before face-to-face training may not be practicable because a replacement participant must be appropriately qualified, have sufficient time to complete the required learning and be available to attend the scheduled sessions.
At this stage, LES may have already incurred substantial costs and committed to delivering the course based on the confirmed participant numbers.
Consequently, a late change-of-mind cancellation may result in a substantially reduced refund or no refund where LES’s reasonable costs and losses equal or exceed the amount paid.
4.4 Assessment of cancellation costs
In assessing a participant cancellation, LES will consider:
- The timing of the cancellation.
- The educational services and course access already provided.
- Costs already incurred or committed that cannot reasonably be recovered.
- Whether the participant’s place can reasonably be filled by another eligible participant.
- Any financial loss directly attributable to the withdrawal, including the effect on the financial viability of the confirmed course.
- Costs avoided or losses reduced as a result of the cancellation.
LES will take reasonable steps to minimise avoidable losses and will not retain more than its reasonable costs and losses arising from a change-of-mind cancellation.
4.5 Transfers to another course
Where practicable, LES may offer a transfer to another suitable course as an alternative to cancellation.
Transfers are subject to course availability, the participant meeting the relevant prerequisites, and any reasonable costs already incurred or committed for the original registration.
A transfer or course credit will not be required in place of a refund where the participant is legally entitled to receive one.
4.6 Australian Consumer Law
Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or modifies any rights, consumer guarantees or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law.
5. Eligibility and scope of practice
Level 2 courses are designed for health professionals who meet the qualifications, professional registration and previous education requirements specified for the relevant course.
Participants are responsible for ensuring that they meet all stated prerequisites and maintain any required professional registration.
LES may request evidence of eligibility and may decline or cancel a registration where mandatory prerequisites are not met, subject to applicable law and refund obligations.
Participants remain responsible for practising within the scope of their professional qualifications, registration and competence.
6. Course materials and intellectual property
Course materials, presentations, recordings and educational resources are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights.
Materials are provided for the registered participant’s own learning and professional reference.
Participants must not reproduce, distribute, upload, sell or share course materials or online login details without the appropriate permission of the copyright holder.
Materials supplied by third-party education providers, including Klose Training, remain subject to the intellectual property conditions of the relevant provider.
7. Privacy and personal information
LES collects and uses personal information as reasonably necessary to assess eligibility, administer registrations and payments, deliver education, communicate with participants and maintain appropriate course records.
Where necessary to deliver the course, relevant information may be provided to education partners, presenters and service providers, including Klose Training.
Participant contact details will be shared with other course participants and to sponsors or exhibitors that are part of the course unless you advise us otherwise
Participants may contact LES with questions about the collection, use or disclosure of their personal information.
8. Contact
Questions about registrations, course payments, cancellations or these Terms and Conditions can be directed to:
Lymphoedema Education Solutions
Upcoming Dates
Melbourne June – September 2027
Distance learning: starts 27 June 2027
Face-to-face dates block 1: Wednesday 8 September 8.15am – 5.00pm
Face-to-face dates block 2: Thursday 9 September 8.15am – 1.00pm
Location: The Tudor, Box Hill
Cost: $990 inc GST
Minimum numbers are required for course to proceed
Register
Please complete the following registration form to reserve a place for the June – September 2027 Head and Neck Lymphoedema Course. To complete your registration, the 50% deposit is due in April 2027 with the balance paid in May You will receive an email with details about making this payment in April 2027.
Places are limited and minimum and maximum course numbers apply. All workshop practical sessions are completed in pairs and therefore even numbers are required.